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12:00AM BST 02 May 2001

THOUSANDS of pro-democracy activists were stopped from holding a rally in Karachi yesterday after the army made multiple arrests. Armed police and para-military troops were deployed around the city to stop even any gathering of workers from the anti-army and pro-democracy movement, the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy. Ahmed Rashid, Lahore

Gibraltar sub starts reactor

inttext: 19 May 2000: [UK News] Submarine in nuclear alert

THE nuclear reactor of Tireless, the British submarine stranded in Gibraltar for almost a year with cracked cooling pipes, was switched on for several hours yesterday as anti-nuclear protesters went on hunger strike to press for the vessel's immediate removal from the port.

36 hurt in fire

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AT least 36 Germans were injured yesterday when fire tore through a roller coaster ride contructed of wood at the Phantasialand amusement park in in Bruehl, near Cologne.

Model 'critical' after car crash

NIKI TAYLOR, the American model, was in a critical condition in hospital last night after a car accident. Miss Taylor, 26, a divorcee with two children, was said to have internal injuries after a car she was in hit an electricity pylon outside Atlanta, Georgia, on Sunday. The driver and another passenger, both men, were sent home after treatment.

FBI chief quits

LOUIS FREEH, the FBI's 51-year-old director, has announced that he will retire in June after 27 years of federal services, a spokesman said. He gave no specific reasons.

Immigrant smuggler is jailed

A FORMER Russian soldier was jailed for four months yesterday for bringing three illegal immigrants into the Irish Republic. Dublin District Court was told that Dimitry Beliacoff, 28, was paid IR£800 [about £650] to bring two Russians and a Moldovan into the country.

He succeeded in smuggling in the Moldovan man, using a false passport, but was later detained with the two others. The Russians were immediately deported. Beliacoff, of north Dublin, told police: "I like to help refugees. I wanted to help, like Moses."

Cars too fast for US racers

AMERICAN racing drivers have postponed competition because the cars they drive are so fast they cause dizziness, nausea and blackouts. Drivers in the CART series, America's answer to Formula 1, can reach sustained speeds of 240mph. A race in Texas this week was stopped after 21 drivers felt faint and feared losing consciousness. Simon Davis, Los Angeles